Cav has more wins than Brad, is one Tour win worth multiple stages to the uninitiated?

Yup, unless Cav wins the yellow jumper he'll not be on the same level as Wiggins.

Cav has an interesting way of dealing with any journos who ask him questions who aren't experts on cycling - kinda sneers at them - or is that just when he loses?!

He's only gone off at journos who haven't put the effort in once or maybe twice that I can remember. The most famous being after the Olympics, and I really don't blame him for that, I'd of done the same.

Cav - points jersey in each of the grand tours plus a WC road race jersey.

Wiggins - GC jersey in one grand tour plus an IOC time trial.

Roughly right? I know I've skipped the track stuff, but for high level road riders including track wins is like including the under 21s wins. Similarly no minor tours. Though I probably should have included the classics - Cav has one I think, can't remember about Wiggins.

He reckons he's lost his aero advantage - Kittel, Greipel, Demare and others will be up there, a lot depending on a bit of luck really. Love the way Cav manages to find his way through the riders in the last few hundred metres.

Kittel definitely had the edge last season, Cav's not had the luck this year, interesting to see how the Tour goes. Green will be Sagan's again I reckon, sadly. I don't think Cav's too old, just that a couple of younger guys have appeared and spoiled a lot of his fun.

He certainly appears to lead more of a rockstar lifestyle than Wiggins - glamour model wife, drives an Audi R8 etc.

Potentially yes. Historically the problem has been that the British public only considered the Olympics as important and don't really understand how you can win 5 stages and finish in the bottom half of the event.

Mmmm, now that depends if you count a grand tour victory alone as a race win, or individual stages as a race win. Generally each stage is treated as a discrete 'race' in this context, ergo Cav's won more. A little bit of splitting hairs there though.

Cav did have quite a nice stripey rainbow jersey too, I think he won a race to get that...

He's won quite a few points jerseys too, it's a little unfair to say he's won less because he doesn't win GC, he's not that sort of rider.

njee20 » Mmmm, now that depends if you count a grand tour victory alone as a race win, or individual stages as a race win. Generally each stage is treated as a discrete 'race' in this context, ergo Cav's won more. A little bit of splitting hairs there though.

Not really splitting hairs at all - each stage win counts as a win on the palmares, that's the standard way to do it. Hence Cav has won more races unless you do some convoluted thing of only counting stage race GCs.

Meanwhile, given Cav has already been SPOTY it's hard to see what could possibly raise his profile any higher than it is - he's never going to be a Wiggo.